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March 5, 2011

Twine balls

{Easy homemade twine balls}

Originally, I tried making these at Christmas....﻿and they failed....miserably! I had pile of limpy, mushy string......so when I saw that my friend Alison made some over at Stuff and Nonsense, I thought that I might try it again.......because myGoodwill Fruitstand was now sitting empty!

So I gathered my materials....

First, blow up your balloons.....now as simple as this seems, let me just share a piece of advice....you probably want to measure the size of your balloon at this point in your container....I made mine WAY too big....grr!﻿

I tied my string around the knot of the balloon to keep the string from coming undone and unravelling while I wrapped....

You can paint a little bit of mod podge on the bottom of the balloon as well to keep the string in place....

Wrap your string in whatever design around your balloon.....

Now if I were doing this again, I might paint the string with mod podge before I wrap it around the balloon....

Do you see all the glue in-between the strings???

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Well, it dries there....I'm still picking it out! Let them dry over night.

About

Most crafty Mom's send their children on the yellow bus and craft all day....well, mine go into the basement where we have created our own schoolroom and I try to craft in the midst of the craziness.....
God called our family into a great adventure called homeschooling, so decorating costs were not in our budget...that is until I discovered the treasures hiding at the Goodwill and a creative community of women who have turned "trash" into beauty!
Enjoy my attempt at making the world a prettier place all while spending very little money!
~Nicole